Body Jerks, But Awake

[ashezbryan]

My wife has (from what I've researched) hypnic jerks while falling asleep and while sleeping. We've been told this is normal. What isn't normal (in our opinion) is that she has these when she is awake. She might be reading, walking, writing, talking, or pretty much any activity. Some days she'll have quite of few of them and other days she won't. But she does seem to have more when she is tired or stressed. She's had an MRI and an EEG but the doctors told us they didn't see enything abnormal. I think they gave her Clenazopam (only if I remember right) but after awhile it stopped working. Has anyone else experienced this?

[phookun]

hi i have myoclonus somtimes when i am in my washroom is it normal??

[bendercn]

im 15 and I get real strange body shakes while about to go to sleep .. it actully just now happened I get a shake it starts in my spine and then my whole body shakes,Normally I'm alseep then I wake up,but this time I was awake and then my shakes started it just made me wanna close my eyes.i feel tired untill the shaking stops then I have a little bit of a shake in my arms like when ur hungry so I eat something small to stop my shakes if I don't eat it will happen again within 20mins also afterward my heart beats faster then normal ... Help me , my mom keeps saying its nothing . I don't think it's nothing tho

[BuckeyeRobin65]

I am a 47 year old female and I too am having these jerks & twitches while fully awake but mostly while lying in bed watching TV etc. I really just noticed they are worse when in the same position and they seem to radiate from my joints.

[Destannie]

Hi treetracker! I would highly recommend that you try magnesium supplements. Magnesium and calcium are building blocks of the nervous system and an imbalance will result in twitching. Magnesium relaxes muscles, whereas calcium contracts muscles. Too much calcium and too little magnesium could mean cutting out some dairy and eating dark greens. I have had exactly the same problem, where the general twitching of falling asleep became suddenly, during my vacation after an evening on the town, quite violent, making it difficult to sleep. And then it started happening when I was awake, especially in my hands. My doctor said the same thing," it's restless leg syndrome...it's common". And I asked, " But how do I get rid of it?" he didn't really have an answer. I did research online and read about magnesium. I started taking supplements and over a periodof a month, I could see how much it helped. I was even able to sleep better. A year has gone by and now I only take it if I've had alcohol or if I've been eating poorly (too busy to make dinner which would normally include kale or spinach or some other dark bitter green leaf). I hope this helps. Good luck!

[treetracker]

I'm sure you've all had those jerks of your legs when you are falling asleep and your muscles relax.  Four years ago I noticed my legs were jerking more and more.  There is a spot on my right leg, just above the bend of my knee that you can watch jerk.  Sometimes there isn't much jerking, but sometimes it's 24/7.  Some jerks are mild, and some jerks are so hard I could kick a person out of a chair.  When I'm tired it goes to both legs jerking.  Now my arms are starting to jerk and I have had a couple of times when my head would jerk for a few mins. like a seizure.  There is no pain at all with this.  My doctor said it was restless leg syndrome, but nothing more.  No medicine or a specialist.  Sad doctors don't give a flip unless it's them, huh?  This is very embarassing when I am in public like a restaurant.  I can't have a boyfriend stay the night.  Tried it and he didn't come back.  I am now over 60.  Why don't doctors care?  This has ruined my life.

[dawncavins]

you might want to get her tested for parkinson's disease, she seems to have the symptoms.